Architects call for mass insulation of England’s interwar suburbs

RIBA says scheme targeting efficiency and heating of older 20th-century housing could cut emissions by 4%

• Absolutely freezing': life in draughty 1930s homes

From Kingstanding in Birmingham to Becontree in east London, architects are calling for England's draughty interwar suburbs to be wrapped in insulation in a national drive to reduce carbon emissions.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has calculated that insulation, double- or triple-glazing and gas boiler replacement in 3.3m interwar homes that sprawl around England's towns and cities could cut the country's carbon emissions by 4%, helping it towards the net zero target by 2050.